MakerAttributed to
Joseph Loring (American, 1743–1815)American, 1743–1815
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Teapot
Datec. 1797
Made inBoston, Massachusetts, United States
MediumSilver
Dimensions6 7/8 × 11 3/8 × 4 3/4 in. (17.5 × 28.9 × 12.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Mrs. Ernst Auerbach in memory of Ernst Auerbach
Object numberB.69.256.1
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Bayou BendObject Type
This unmarked teapot and cream pot, like B.69.256.2 and B.69.256.3, descended in Joseph Loring’s family. These vessels, however, present a wholly different aesthetic, revealing a more restrained, maturing interpretation of Neoclassicism.
Related examples: A similar but more refined rendition of this teapot is marked by Paul Revere’s shop in Buhler 1972, vol. 2, pp. 464–65, no. 414.
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
ProvenanceSusan Hall (d. 1841), who m. Joseph Loring, Jr. (1767–1838), the silversmith’s son, probably in 1797; given to their daughter Mary Hall Loring (1802–1883); given to Susie J. Swan; given to James Edward Swan (1839–1917); presumably given to his son James Swan (1870–1944); Mrs. Ernst Auerbach (Louise B. Auerbach); given to MFAH, 1969.
Exhibition History[The Voyage of Life], Houston Public Library, Houston TX, Jesse Jones (Central) Branch, February 1–27, 1994; Tuttle Branch, March 1–27, 1994; Heights Branch, March 29–April 24, 1994; Robinson-Westchase Branch, April 26–May 22, 1994; Smith Branch, May 24–June 19, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved on side: S. H.[H. superscript] L. / 1797
Engraved on other side: M. H. L. / to / J. E. S. / 1883 / J. E. S. / to J. S. / 1901
Engraved under handle: John Hall to Susan Loring
Engraved on other side: M. H. L. / to / J. E. S. / 1883 / J. E. S. / to J. S. / 1901
Engraved under handle: John Hall to Susan Loring
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Joseph Loring
c. 1796
Silver
B.2006.27.1-.70
